PA Lottery Powerball Ticket Worth $1 Million Sold in Montgomery County
Jackpot-winning ticket sold in Tennessee

MIDDLETOWN, Pa., June 12, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- One Powerball® ticket worth $1 million sold for the Wednesday, June 11, drawing was the sixth major, prize-winning ticket sold by the Pennsylvania Lottery in less than one month.

Sold in Montgomery County, the ticket correctly matched all five white balls, 14-18-25-33-49, but not the red Powerball 23, to earn a $1 million second-tier prize, less 25 percent federal withholding.

"Pennsylvania Lottery Powerball and Mega Millions players have had an incredible couple of weeks," said Lottery Executive Director Sil Lutkewitte. "Since May 20, our Powerball and Mega Millions players have won cash prizes totaling more than $95.5 million."

In addition to the ticket sold in Montgomery County for last night's drawing, the Pennsylvania Lottery's recent big winners include:

A $149 million annuity value ($86.1 million cash) jackpot-winning Mega Millions ticket sold in White Oak, Allegheny County for the May 20 drawing;

A $1 million Powerball ticket sold in Bridgeport, Montgomery County for the May 21 drawing;

A $1 million Powerball ticket sold in Rankin, Allegheny County for the May 24 drawing;

A $2 million Powerball ticket sold in Hatboro, Montgomery County for the June 4 drawing; and

A $1 million Mega Millions ticket sold in Meadville, Crawford County for the June 6 drawing.

The $1 million Powerball prize from June 11 must be claimed and the ticket validated before the winner can be identified. Pennsylvania Lottery Powerball winners have one year from the drawing date to claim prizes.

The Lottery encourages the holder of the winning ticket to sign the back of the ticket, call the Lottery at 717-702-8146 and file a claim at any of Lottery's seven area offices or at Lottery headquarters in Middletown, Dauphin County. Claims may be filed Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at area offices and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at headquarters.

Players should check every ticket, every time. More than 77,400 other prize-winning Powerball tickets were sold statewide for the June 11 drawing, including 13,277 tickets purchased with the Power Play option that won prizes multiplied by five.

Last night's $258.9 million Powerball jackpot was won by one ticket sold in Tennessee. The Powerball jackpot reset to an estimated annuity value of $40 million, or $23.6 million cash, for the Saturday, June 14, drawing.

The Pennsylvania Lottery awarded nearly $103 million in prizes to Montgomery County winners and contributed nearly $58.5 million to programs serving the county's older residents in the 2012-13 fiscal year.

How to play Powerball: Players pay $2 and select five white balls from the first set of 59 numbers plus a single red ball, the Powerball, from a second set of 35 numbers. Players may select their own numbers using a Powerball playslip, or they may opt for computer-selected quick picks. Players must match all five numbers drawn plus the Powerball number to win the jackpot. There also are eight additional ways for players to win a cash prize.

Purchasing the $1 Power Play option allows a winner to increase lower-tier prizes by a factor of 2, 3, 4 or 5, depending on the Power Play number drawn. The jackpot and the Match 5 prize are not multiplied. The Match 5 prize with the Power Play option is worth $2 million. It is $1 million without Power Play.

Powerball is sold in 43 states, Washington, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In Pennsylvania, tickets are sold until 9:59 p.m. on drawing nights, Wednesday and Saturday.

About the Pennsylvania Lottery: The Pennsylvania Lottery remains the only state lottery that designates all its proceeds to programs that benefit older residents. Since its inception in 1971, the Pennsylvania Lottery has contributed nearly $23.7 billion to programs that include property tax and rent rebates; free transit and reduced-fare shared rides; the low-cost prescription drug programs PACE and PACENET; long-term living services; and the 52 Area Agencies on Aging, including full- and part-time senior centers throughout the state.

The Pennsylvania Lottery reminds players to check every ticket, every time. Players must be 18 or older. Please play responsibly. For help with a gambling problem, call 1-800-848-1880.